I wasn't planning on visiting the Philippines... it was just a spur of the moment thing, but I got in touch with queenparanoia, and the next thing I knew, I was visiting her at her family's home. As it turned out, she had a lot of other visitors at the time, and I was feeling a bit shy, so I stayed in the foyer while everyone else was in the warm, cheery living room, having a good time. I could hear the party going on in there, and a part of me wanted to join in, but I just hate to interrupt people, so I just stayed in the foyer and waited for a special invitation which never came. I guess queenie figured that, if I wanted to join the party, I would. She didn't realize that I was so shy.
After everyone left, I went into the empty room and saw that the guests had left quite a mess. There were dirty socks and beer bottles all over the place. I started to pick things up, because I didn't want queenie's mom, Mrs. Paranoid, to get so upset that she wouldn't want to entertain any more guests in the future.
Then, queenie came in and showed me some pictures from the party. She pointed out two girls and said that they were wishingyouwerehere.
"Aha," I said, "So wishingyouwerehere is two people! No wonder their username is so long!" That was one mystery solved.
I had a bit of laundry that needed to be washed, mostly socks and underwear, and so queenie's brother, Little Paranoid, offered to do it for me. I asked Mrs. Paranoid how much it would cost to do it, and she misunderstood my question and said that it would be ready in a few months. I couldn't believe it would take so long just to wash such a small quantity of clothing. I said,
"It's only one load. I'll wash it by hand."
Later, just as a joke, I decided to rearrange some patio furniture on the huge stone terrace above queenie's house. I also moved some paintings on the rock wall and drew a few more. I thought it looked pretty good, but then Mrs. Paranoid came and started to put everything back in its place. I was disappointed, because I didn't want to make extra work for her, and I rushed to help. And then, my alarm went off, and I woke up.



